
From as early as I can remember, I’ve been drawn to the spaces most people avoid, the places where truth feels raw, where hard conversations surface, and where life is asking us to pay attention. Death was part of that awareness from the beginning, not something to fear, but a deep curiosity about what happens when we are no longer in our bodies.
I remember my first funeral as a child, for my grandpa. While others mourned in ways that seemed more ‘appropriate,’ I felt an overwhelming sense of joy and a quiet knowing that he hadn’t gone anywhere. That way of feeling and seeing death stayed with me throughout my life, though I didn’t realise until adulthood that it wasn’t how most people experienced it.
In my adult years, I was present at a sudden death that deeply affected many people. While others were in shock, I touched a space of profound beauty and truth, the clearest love I had ever felt. From that place, I was able to be steady, grounded, and of genuine support to those around me.
That experience changed everything. I knew this was my life’s calling, to walk alongside others through death, grief, and the transformations that follow, with honesty, care, and presence.
Born in New Zealand, raised in Australia, and shaped by nearly a decade of deep exploration across the world. I bring a background in trauma-informed care, yoga, somatic work, breath, and ritual, offering grounded support that meets each person where they are.
Death has shown me what matters, stripped away what doesn’t, and taught me that we don’t have to meet it alone.
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Training & Qualifications
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Life Options – Death Doula Training
Life Options – End of Life Consultant
Deathwives – Death Doula 101 Training
Miindala Intensive – Volunteer Support for People Experiencing Grief & Loss
Preparing the Way & Dr Michael Barbato – End of Life Trilogy Series
Trauma & Somatic Practitioner Training
Certificate in Positive Psychology – New York Open Center
Certificate in Ayurvedic Massage – International Institute of Wellness & Hospitality (IIWH), India
200-Hour Yoga Teacher Training, Mexico
​Eka Dasi Breathwork Kriya Training – over the course of 3 years, Guatemala
Diploma in Hypnotherapy & Hypnosis – Dr. Karen E. Wells
Reiki Master – Usui Lineage
Suicide Prevention Training – Wesley Mission
Bachelor of Arts – Humanities & Social Inquiry
Experience
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​Walking the path of Danza de la Luna (Moon Dance), Mount Shasta – 4 years
Facilitator of International Wellness Retreats – 4 Years
(including 1.5 years in ceremonial and integration roles within plant medicine communities)
Barefoot Funerals (2024 – current)
Co-founder, Liminal Voices Threshold Choir – Bellingen Region
Member – Coffs Coast Death Doula Hub
Additional
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Long-term Vipassana Meditation Practitioner
National Police Clearance – Aged Care (Australia)
Fully Insured – Holistic Health & Death Care

